It is well known that Chair White and her staff have stressed that their immediate focus is on completing the mandatory rulemaking under the Dodd-Frank and JOBS Acts, but in a sign of pos...

Comment letters continue to flow in, almost overwhelmingly supportive so far, on the SEC proposed rule for pay ratio disclosure. More than 19,000 form letters and over 150 specific letter...

Advocates for the disclosure of corporate political contributions stress the value of transparency when pressing companies to provide information on their political activities. More major...

Nasdaq has filed a petition with the SEC on behalf of itself as a public company as well as its public company clients asking the SEC to take action on proxy advisory firms. The petition ...

Director tenure has come under increasing focus, as indicated by CII’s new policies focused on board evaluation of tenure. There is no presumption that any specific term length is probl...

As the second anniversary of FINRA Rule 2111 rule approaches, FINRA has issued Regulatory Notice to Members 13-31 (the “Notice”) summarizing its observations from examinations of firm...

ISS received more than 500 responses on emerging issues that could make up its policy update for the 2014 season, with a total of 128 institutional investors and 350 corporate issuers. Ov...

After facing a books-and-records lawsuit by the state comptroller of New York over its lack of disclosure on political contributions, which we previously discussed here, Qualcomm is now 1...

As companies begin digesting the SEC’s proposed pay ratio rule (which we discuss here) and analyzing its impact, here are answers to some frequently asked questions. Final rules may aff...

On September 18, 2013, the SEC adopted a final rule (the “Final Rule”) establishing a permanent registration scheme to replace the temporary registration scheme for municipal advisors...